Fishing-reel



(No Model.)

A. N. PETTBNGILL.

FISHING REEL. No. 361,890. PatentedApr.- 26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT N. PETTENGILL, OF ILION, NEW YORK.

FISHING-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 3611.890, dated April26, 1887. Application filed August 3, 188.5. Serial No. 173,435. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERTN. PETTEN- GILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels forFishing- Rods; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of the blank from whichthe guard is formed. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the reel guard or band.Fig. 3 is a perspective of the reel-band cut into open-work. Fig. 4. isa transverse sectional view of the reel. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan viewwith the central plate, C, broken away.

My invention relates to fishing-reels; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates acircular blank or disk of sheet-brass, from which the reel guard or bandB is cupped or drawn up in one solid piece, and is afterward cutout'into an openwork band to lighten the structure. A center plate, C, isleft and is supported by integral radial arms D, connecting the band Band center plate, O. The center plate, C, is provided on its inner facewith an arched flat spring, E, one end of which is secured to a headedstud, F, and bears outwardly against a stud or stop-pin, G. The otherend of the spring E engages the outer flat edge of a triangular-shapedpivoted detent, H. The stoppin G holds the spring E in engagement withthe pivoted detent H.

The reel-cylinder Iis provided on the inner end of its hub J with anintegral spur-gear or pinion-wheel, K, the teeth of which engage thetriangular-shaped detent H. The curved H in engagement with the teeth ofthe pinion. The triangular shaped detent permits the reel-cylinder I tobe turned in either direction, a handle, L, being provided by which toturn it.

The reel guard or band B and the plate O are respectively provided witha screw-hole, M, and a pin-hole, N, for the reception of thesecuring-screw O and the stop-pin P on the attaching-plate Q. Thestop-pin P is ernployed to prevent the plate Q from being accidentallyturned aside, and also to facilitate the ready adjustment of said plateto place in changing'the reel from a side reel to a top reel. A secondattaching-plate, R, is provided and is secured to the center plate, G,by the j ournal S, on which reel-cylinder I revolves, and a nut, T. Thisattaching-plate R is provided with a stop-pin, P, which prevents saidattaching-plate from turning on its securing screw or journal S.

Either of the attaching-plates can be removed when desired, and by theremoval of the one or the other of them the reel can be converted into atop reel or a side reel, and vice versa, so that the reel is adapted tosuit the tastes of fishermen desiring either a side reel or a top reel.

Having thus fully described this invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is i The combination, with the reel-band constructed of a single piece of material and having the center plate, O,of the triangularshaped detent H, pivoted to 'the center plate, C, thespring E, secured to the stud F, fixed in the center plate, the stop-piuG, engaging the spring E, and detachable plate secured in place by ascrew and engaging a stop-pin, P substantially as specified.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT N. PETTENGILL.

Witnesses:

PETER HARTER, AUGUST T. KELLNER.

spring E holds the triangular-shaped detent

